Thought for the Week: With so much Star Trek going on, maybe we’re the Thermians
SOCIAL
China Goes Black Mirrior with social experiment; fans question 2023 Chinese Worldcon Bid (scroll down to item 5, then visit the comments) (Info on China Worldcon bid)
Julie Doucet, Queen of Underground Comix
You Know All Those Missionary & Cannibal Jokes? They Just Got Real
SAGA Distribution at Indian Comiccon Causes Controversy
Information Wants to be Free: Cloud-Based Access for Researchers
ENTERTAINMENT
Luke wants to know “who’s your Mommy?”
Disney’s Star Wars Rides Sneak Peak (they got off cheap if the Millennium Falcon ride ends with the failure of the jump to lightspeed every time….)
Paul Levinson Reads an Amazing Stories story at Philcon
If Mamoa does it for you, you may want to watch this Aquaman trailer in private
The Dragon with the Girl Tattoo
Chabon Working on Picard Trek Series
No Big Surprise Nuke Launches Shut Down Fallout Server (What, no one ever heard of an EMP?)
No, I will NOT put lights in my beard for X-Mas.. On the other hand, great tool for Cosplayers
Bisexual Bad Guys are a thing, according to SyFy
Apparently We Should Love Us Some She Ra
Star Trek Khan Miniseries (see above under Thought for the Week)
A Sabrina Breakdown with Questions
INDUSTRY
Betsy Wollheim Bids Farewell to Her Awesome Office
Weinberg Estate Auction to be Held at Windy City Pulp & Paper Con
New Release: The Science Fiction Fanzine Reader (1930-1960)
Unconventional Conventions List on SyFy (as usual, the article is dated and inaccurate.) (And no RHPS mention to boot)
SF Films as Moral Lessons for Silicon Valley
SF Lit as Tech Ethics Education
A Review of Pratchett’s Equal Rights
SCIENCE
Tomorrow InSight Lands on Mars
Robot Caregivers run out of juice, just like their human counterparts
AI Can Now Complete Your Thoughts (“OK. I will destroy humans.”)
Millions of tiny fish once thought to be the ocean’s floor
3 Degrees of Warming by 2100 (I’ll say it again: ALL of those climate change books & movies got it right when they predicted faster change than research suggested. Just wait until the conveyor shuts down.)
Bill Nye, the Mars Colony Denying Guy
Meme Poster Lewis Black on Flat Earthers (you can substitute just about any wacky doodle in the text)
Ion Engine for Airplanes (It Has Successfully Flown)
Why Doesn’t the Universe Make Sense? These scientists talk about it
Are You Getting as Tired of the Fermi Paradox as I am?
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